Particuology and climate change--颗粒学报PARTICUOLOGY

a Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
b Booz Allen Hamilaton, P.O. Box 10940, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, USA

10.1016/j.partic.2010.09.002

Volume 8, Issue 6, December 2010, Pages 507-513

Received 10 May 2010, Accepted 20 June 2010, Available online 22 October 2010.

E-mail: wcyang@pitt.edu

Highlights

Abstract

The global concern over the greenhouse gas emissions and its effect on global warming and climate change has focused attention on the necessity of carbon dioxide capture and sequestration. There are many processes proposed to capture carbon either before or after combustion and these processes invariably involve investigation and application of traditional particuology. The solids employed are of different sizes, densities, morphologies, and strengths. Their handling, transportation, recirculation, and reactor applications are the essence of ‘particuology’. Particuology can play an important and vital role in achieving cost-effective removal of carbon and minimize emissions of greenhouse gases. In this paper, the existing and developing carbon capture processes are briefly reviewed and the opportunities for application of particuology are identified. The review was not intended to be exhaustive. It is only in sufficient detail to make connection between particuology and climate change. For immediate and future challenges of reducing global warming and carbon capture and sequestration, innovative reactor design and application of particuology is imperative. Expertise and innovation in particuology can greatly enhance the speed of development of those technologies and help to achieve cost-effective implementation. Particuology is indeed intimately related to the climate change and global warming.

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Keywords

Particuology; Fluidized beds; Circulating fluidized beds; Pre-combustion; Post-combustion; Oxycombustion; Chemical looping; Carbon dioxide capture; Carbon dioxide sequestration; Climate changes; Global warming

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